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Eleanor Holmes Norton: Taxation without representation is enough to make people want to dump crates of tea into the Potomac River.

On the recordSeptember 14, 2014
Taxation without representation is enough to make people want to dump crates of tea into the Potomac River.
Said by
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the injustice of D.C. residents lacking voting representation.

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